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I have set BIOS Boot order as follows:
1) IDE: PHILLIPS DVDR 1640P
2) SATA DRIVE
The options I have in BIOS are Floppy Drive,SATA drive,ATAPI CDROM,IDE: PHILLIPS DVDR 1640P.
Not sure why I have ATAPI CD ROM & PHILLIPS DVDR 1640P seperately. Assume they are same beast - I only have the one DVD Drive. I assume as the SATA drive appears as a boot option this suggests all is well. I have disabled Floppy and ATAPI CD ROM on boot setup at moment.
I have updated the latest BIOS from ASUS: 2002-1048576 2009-03-13. I checked the standard settings for the BIOS on updating.

Still no joy I am afraid. I do not see the 'Prepare disk space' window on installation - rather I get 'Starting up Partitions' and then 'Prepare partitions' but with no device in the window.
I have run the disk checker and memory checker on Ubunto and all seems well.
TBH I have little idea on where to go next. This is where I am headed:
1) Look at the BIOS and make sure all looks OK but I am not sure I will be able to see any problem if it exists,
2) Try later versions of Ubuntu (8.10 and the beta version 9). In that order.
3) I will get a copy of Windows XP and will install this and see if works.

Thanks to all. At the moment I am in the clear,as I have managed to install Ubunto 8.10(64).
As to the 8.04 LTS and the hard drive issue, I did receive a suggestion that if I configured ny SATA drive as 'AHCI' all would be well. I assume this means the 8.04 kernel did not have the drivers for IDE?
Please note I have not tested this.
Thanks for all the help on this - this bodes well for the future as I am sure I an going to need further assistance!
I must also thank the Novatech support man who when I explained my issue with the Hard Drive suggested the 'AHCI' solution. This company seems excellent.
Kind Regards,
Paul